HANOI, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea emerged as the most favorite destination among Vietnamese women, according to a survey released Monday The survey, conducted by the Ho Chi Minh City-based market research firm Q&Me in March with 1,200 adults, showed that 20 percent of the respondents chose South Korea as their favorite country [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A large tourist group from Hong Kong is scheduled to visit South Korea next week, raising speculation that foreign visitors arriving here on incentive tours with their companies will further increase down the road, a trade promotion agency said Tuesday. According to the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), some [...]
WANDO, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2019 Cheongsando Island Slow Walking Festival will be held on April 6 at Cheongsando Island located in Wando County, South Jeolla Province. Festivities will be held in various locations of the island under the four themes of healing, sharing, fairness, and value over a period of 30 days. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Wednesday that it has partnered with the Incheon airport and a budget carrier to test a hotel-to-airport baggage delivery service until the end of May. In the “Easy-Drop” service, a traveler can send baggage from a local hotel to Incheon airport if he or [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first casino and hotel complex, Paradise City, in Incheon west of Seoul, said Wednesday that it will open an indoor family amusement park later this week. WONDERBOX, based on the theme of a night-time fair, will officially open on Sunday to accommodate family-oriented customers, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Many foreign tourists vacationing in South Korea were exposed to a wave of hazardous ultrafine particles that blanketed the nation over the past week, due mostly to lack of information and guidance. Since last Thursday, most of South Korea has been hit by extraordinarily high levels of ultrafine particles [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite deteriorating relations between Seoul and Tokyo, the number of Japanese visitors to South Korea increased by nearly 33 percent over three recent months government data showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Justice said a total of 773,000 Japanese nationals entered South Korea between last November and January this year, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As the trend of staying in a foreign city for a month to seek relaxation and experience the local life has spread, demand for ‘one month’ trips abroad has soared. When Interpark Tour analyzed customer data for those who stayed in foreign cities for 29 to 31 days last [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) announced on Wednesday that when it surveyed Japanese members of its Facebook page, ‘magic’ beoseon’ was chosen as the number one must-have item from traditional markets, accounting for 10.3 percent of all responses. Next in line was socks at 9.3 percent, followed by taste [...]
BERLIN, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The Czech Republic will apply a program to automate immigration clearance for South Koreans starting this week, the South Korean Embassy in Prague said Wednesday. Under the program, which will begin Friday, South Koreans aged 15 or older are allowed to benefit from the speedy electronic immigration processing through [...]